March 20, 2008

March 18, 2008

i know this is old circa 95/96, still one of the best mark robinson vocals. here are the lyrics he sung on the 6ths track called puerto rico way:

The sun pissing in the streets of some hung over place Dances with two left feet upon her face Bot soft! She is fast asleep beneath her mosquitoes You would never want to know what she knows

I met a girl down Puerto Rico way with an eye as true as steel And the hair grew red upon her head Oh, love it would have been ideal The summer air down Puerto Rico way is as hot as it can be But the orchestra plays night and day Martina, will you dance with me?

She's drunk every single day She's young most of the time She's spent all of the rent on her decline She's fun, fun to be around She's done everything once She's a fallen woman, fallen sound asleep in the sun

March 17, 2008

March 16, 2008

If anyone is around Brooklyn this Tues. try to come check out Deans book reading at Union Hall. I'll be backing him on drums for a few Galaxie 500 and Luna songs he'll play after the reading. Here's the info:

March 12, 2008

last nite i really wanted to watch iggy play madonna's songs at the rock and roll hall of fame ceremony. however (not complaining) i had tickets to see the sixers play the celtics at the wachcovia center. both teams wore 83 throwback uniforms. the sixers started the game losing 15 to zero then rallied back to tiein the second quarter. at half time the team was to honor the sixers championship team of 83 and andrew toney was supposed to come but he didnt show. the boston strangler was missing in the second half as the sixers lost by 14 or so. if anyone can locate the video of iggy and the stooges playing ray of light and burning up i would be much obliged because i only got to catch johnny cougar and joanie jett.

as a companion piece i recommend madonna's interviews with david letterman in 1994 and 2007.

Street child, street child, tell me wherewill you be goin'when old man winter gets his hornand starts blowin'Will you hang around LAor hitch a ride on a freewayMeet an old familiar face in a new place.

March 11, 2008

this is from a documentary about the Linux and GNU operating systems called Revolution OS. It's the story of free open source software, it's development, and the people who created it. I highly recommend watching this movie, especially if you're completely ignorant on the subject (like I am).

March 5, 2008

just found this out via my dungeon master chris smith but yeah let us all d&d and A d&d bros take a pause for the guy that i know from first hand expanded my imagination from the fifth grade on:

Dungeons & Dragons Creator Gary Gygax Passes Away; Interview on GadgetsPOSTED BY JOEL JOHNSON, MARCH 4, 2008 10:18 AM | PERMALINKAccording to a post on Troll Lord Games, the company that had published his most recent work, Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away. In 2003, on the now defunct kcgeek.com, we ran an interview with Gygax. I have republished it over on Gadgets.Tiamat consume you fully, Gary. You brought untold amount of fun and joy into my life.

This excerpt tickles me:

Q. As far as you know, what was the basic evolution of polyhedral dice? If they existed prior to the creation of Dungeons & Dragons, what were they used for?To the best of my knowledge I introduced them to gaming, en masse, with D&D in 1974. I found sets of the five platonic solids for sale in a school supply catalog back in 1972, and of course ordered them, used them in creating the D&D game.

March 4, 2008

I'm going to have some pieces up with Bonelli Contemporary at Scope Art Fair in NYC in a few weeks. There's a rather slim chance I may be out in person, but it's not likely. I just found out today. Check it out if you're there. Probably the pieces 'Female,' 'Male,' and 'Gefriertrocknete Eiscreme' up on justinmichell.blogspot.com

March 1, 2008

There's a bunch of stuff on this clip, notably Sam Cooke covering "Blowin' in the Wind." This is the song that inspired Cooke to write "A Change is Gonna Come," and all of this (including the performance here) happens in the year Sam Cooke will die by gun shot wound in LA.

The clip includes The Righteous Bros., The Everly Bros., and Bobby Sherman, and it ends with The Everly's and Sam Cooke singing Lucille.

the willow house was a fucked up little house we used to call home while we were at tyler school of art together. the house was condemned by the city. now we're all scattered all over the place, far from willow ave. i thought this might be a good way for us to keep in touch and share music and whatever projects we're working on. maybe also give each other a kick in the pants to make art or whatever.